Fogy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A person of stodgy or old-fashioned habits and attitudes.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Alternative spelling of fogey.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A dull old fellow; a person behind the times, over-conservative, or slow; -- usually preceded by old; an old fogy.
  • n. In the United States service, extra pay granted to officers for length of service.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A slow or dull fellow; an old-fashioned or very conservative person; one who is averse to change or novelty: usually with the epithet old.
  • n. An invalid or garrison soldier.
  • n. Extra pay for long service.
  • n. Also written fogie, fogey.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. someone whose style is out of fashion
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Variant
    old fogy    fogie    fogey   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fogram    old fogram    fogrum    old fogrum    fossil    old fossil    old foozle    foozle   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Muskogee    Yogi    bogey    hoagie    hoagy    yogi   
    Same Context
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